Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,242, John Goldsberry, Va.

Va.
Goldsberry John.
S. 2,242
CONTENTS
carded

Ohio 3670
John Goldsberry
of Comp. Co. in the State of West Va. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Ray of the Regt. commanded by Genl. Wayne in the Wa line for 1 Year & 6 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 60 Dollars Less per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Febrg. 1833 — and Ser No M. N o 6872 H. J. R.
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 90 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept. 33 30 $120
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sec. C. Hiles Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 35

In the matter of John Goldsbury for a pension the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that David Maddox who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Deerfield Township in the county of Ross and that Brady Goldsbury who signed the same is a resident Concord Township in the county of Ross and credible persons and that their statement is entitled.
The State of Ohio Ross County ss I Humphrey Fullerton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Goldsbury for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11 th day of December A D 1832 & of this state the 31 st
Humphrey Fullerton Clerk

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1932—
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On this 10 th
day of October — 1932
personally appeared in open court, before the Honorable Frederick Gerike Presiding Judge and Isaac Cook, Samuel McElvane and Samuel Livingstone Associates.
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for said county, now sitting, John Goldsberry a resident of Concord Township in the county of Mass and state of Ohio, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1932.
That from information received from his parents, he was born in
Berkley County, Virginia, on the 7 th day of February 1754—
That he enlisted in the army of the United States at Keyes Ferry in Virginia in the year that Col. Wallace was taken prisoner in the Revolutionary War, under Capt. John Roy, Lieut. Bedinger & Ensign Jordan — in the 1 st Virginia Regiment, commanded by Genl. Anthony Wayne, for a term of eighteen months — that he enlisted in the spring of the year, and joined the army, and was in several small skirmishes with the British thro' the summer in different places in Virginia, and in the fall was in The Battle at Little York in Virginia where Col. Wallace was taken prisoner, with his army — he was then marched into Albemarle Barracks into winter quarters, where he spent the Winter; in the following spring he was marched to Savannah in Georgia, under the same Officers; that when his eighteen months had expired he was forced to continue in the service, and remained in the army under the same officers, until the close of the War, when he received a discharge from his Captain — That while he was at Savannah he was in one battle with the British and one with the Indians in that vicinity — That his discharge has been lost or mislaid so that it cannot now be found, that he has no documentary evidence of any of said services; but that Thomas Clawson and Deputy Goldsberry have some knowledge of his said service, whose depositions will accompany this declaration — That after the returned
Found in 30 Cent. Rolls bound

borne to Berkeley County, Virginia, he resided there till the year 1809 when he removed to Ross County in the state of Ohio where he now lives - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency, in any state. Sworn to and subscribed this year and year aforesaid.
John Goldsberry Mark
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court October 10 th 1832 Humphrey Fullerton Clerk
We David Maddux, a Clergyman, residing in Deerfield Township in the County of Ross and state of Ohio, and Tady Goldsberry residing in Concord Township in said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Goldsberry, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 years old or thereabout; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary and that we concur in that opinion, we do also believe him from our own personal knowledge to be a man of the strictest truth, and that he served as stated in his declaration; and that said Tady Goldsberry has also heard the father of the said John Goldsberry say that his son John, (who has signed the above declaration), enlisted in the regular service of the United States at Keyser ferry in Virginia, when the said John was about 17 years old
David Maddux Tady Goldsberry
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court October 10 th 1832 Humphrey Fullerton Clerk

Geo Goldberg
W. 6. E
18 mo. service under the enlistment admitted - the other not being set forth par- ticularly is not taken into the computation - It does not appear what time of the spring in 88 he enlisted
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18 mo pri
60.00
Mr Creighton

BRIEF in the case of  John Goldsberry  of  Rolls Co  in the State of  Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? about  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? S  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In the year Cornwallis was taken in Spring & remained till close of the war 3 1 6 Private Capt Geo Ray - Genl Wayne  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Several Skirmishes - Little York & Savannah  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at Keyzer's ferry Pa  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Right 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk.
13 Jany 1833

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Veterans' Administration, Rev. War Pensions. Washington, D. C.

401 North Green St., Georgetown, Ohio - April 13, 1937. Veterans' Administration, Wash. D.C. - Rev. War Pensions Gentlemen: - Have you a Pension Record for the following Revolutionary War - Service?
John Goldsbury , private 7 th Virginia Regiment, in a battalion, commanded by Lt. Col. Posey, Jan. - April 1782, April, Sept. - 1782. His name also appears in "List of Soldiers of Va. line on Continental Establishment" paid by Capt. Bedinger April 6 - 1784.
This John Goldsbury lived in Loudoun Co., Vir- ginia during the Rev. War - He came about 1803 to settle at Frankfort, Ross Co., Ohio, where he is buried. Thanking you,
Mrs. Leslie O. Campbell.

Rev. Has
2242 INVALID.
1937 May 6. Hist. to Mrs. Leslie D. Campbell. A.D.Y.
File No. 2242
John Goldberry P.M. Va. line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. 28 , Page 144
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 6, 1937.
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Mrs. Leslie O. Campbell 401 North Green Street Georgetown, Ohio
BA-J/ady John Goldsberry S.2342
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to John Goldsberry, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.2342, based upon the military service of John Goldsberry in that war.
John Goldsberry was born February 7, 1758, in Berkeley County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Berkeley County, Virginia, John Goldsberry enlisted in the spring of the year that Lord Cornwallis surrendered, served as private in Captain John Roy's Virginia Company under General Anthony Wayne; was in the battle of Yorktown and in several skirmishes in Virginia, and was in two engagements near Savannah, Georgia, and served to the close of the war.
In 1809 he moved from Berkeley County, Virginia, to Ross County, Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 10, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Concord Township, Ross County, Ohio.
In 1832 one Teady Goldsberry was living in Concord Township, Ross County, Ohio, his age or relationship to soldier not stated. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Handwritten note: Date of death not on file.